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    Default Are they different?

    Finally manage to nail a close shot of the swift elusive yellow.
    While going through the shots, notice that pic 2 (heavily cropped) is different from pic 1. Are they both yellow flash with difference in markings between male and female?



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    That's cos the 2nd shot is not a Yellow Flash but a Suffused Flash. Markings are definitely different. The genus Rapala has quite a few lookalikes, though. So searching thru' the internet for the other species in the group would be advisable. Check out the plates here.
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    Thanks Khew, for the reference. At first I was suspecting it to be Suffuse Flash, but the yellow color
    seems so distinctive to the YF as compared to those SF on the checklist.
    Thanks for the clarification.
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    Nelson,

    There is doubt as to whether the "Suffused Flash" you shot there are Suffused Flash or something else....

    We will need more pictures and evidence to substantiate the suspicion.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Silverstreak View Post


    We will need more pictures and evidence to substantiate the suspicion.


    Unfortunately thats the only shot I manage to get before it zipped off into oblivion.
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